Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth

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According to Gandhi himself, the impetus to commence the writing of his autobiography – entitled

An Autobiography, or The Story of My Experiments with Truth

– came, circa 1921, “at the instance of some of [his] nearest co-workers” (

Autobiography

13). However, its production was to be beset by delays. The year 1921 was seminal in Gandhi’s life, marking as it did his wholesale conversion from “staunch [British] loyalist” to “uncompromising disaffectionist and non-co-operator” (Gandhi,

Young India

23 March 1922). Such a seismic ideological shift was attended by pressing pragmatic concerns which hindered his autobiographical project. Gandhi became absorbed in the implementation of his

satyagraha

campaign of non-cooperation, a “total system” (Brown 140) dedicated to…

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Citation: Neary, Clara. "The Story of My Experiments with Truth". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 May 2014 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=12414, accessed 04 December 2024.]

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